Wen Shu glanced at Ma Jun, who was as blunt as iron, "I really think so. Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence? Lin Jingyu doesn't look like her biological mother at all, while you look exactly like her biological mother."

"You don't look like your birth mother, but Lin Jingyu looks exactly like her. To put it in a more dramatic way, did you and Lin Jingyu get switched at birth?"

"I suggest you go home and ask around to see exactly where you were born."

Wen Shu sat silently in the car, without saying a word.

Ma Jun asked, "What's wrong? Feeling discouraged? You think it's impossible? Let me tell you the truth, if I were in your shoes, I'd be overjoyed. Your mother died young, so you'll never have a mother in this life. But for you, there's a lot of hope!"

“Every time I watch TV and see those family reunification programs, I think to myself, ‘If only I could apply for it, I would still have some hope. If I go looking, maybe I can find my biological mother.’”

"What a pity. I remember when my mother died. I watched a living person slowly lose her life, stop breathing, her heart stop beating, and the doctor pronounced her dead. Tsk tsk tsk..."

Ma Jun spoke in a relaxed tone, but the emotion revealed in her eyes was genuinely solemn.

For a moment, Wen Shu truly believed that Ma Jun envied her; he envied that she still had expectations, that she still had hope, and that she still had a mother.

Ma Jun asked, "How was your adoptive mother to you?"

Wen Shu tried her best to answer Ma Jun in a light tone, "She probably knows. I don't remember her. Whenever she appears in front of me, it's because there's something to gain."

“When I was a child, I hated her a lot and felt that she didn’t deserve to be a mother. As I grew up, I had no expectations of her. I felt that as long as I took good care of the children and my grandmother, that would be enough. She didn’t love me, and she didn’t love her either. We could just be strangers to each other.”

"Later, she repeatedly crossed the line for a mother. For the sake of her husband's family's interests, she wanted to give me to an old man as his second wife. To vent her anger for her stepdaughter, she deliberately introduced me to a pimping company."

“I was extremely angry at that time, and sometimes I would laugh in anger when I thought about it. But when I found out that she was not my biological mother, I immediately felt relieved.”

Wen Shu smiled slightly, "Fortunately, Su Ying is not my biological mother. If she really were my biological mother, how much of a shadow would I have over the word 'mother'?"

Ma Jun stared at Wen Shu for a while, then leaned back and gripped the steering wheel, saying, "So, it's not that different for you to have a mother or not since you were little."

“I told Ma Jun that even though we don’t have a biological mother, at least we have a biological father who is very generous to us financially. Apart from not having a mother, we are doing quite well overall.”

"As for you..." Ma Jun said with a sympathetic look, "You had a tough childhood, didn't you?"

Wen Shu was speechless at her question. How was she supposed to answer?

Was life really that hard when I was a child?

I said I didn't know, because she didn't feel that she was suffering when she was young.

She must have been very sensible back then, right?

Because she knew from a very young age that it wasn't easy for her grandmother to raise her, she always considered her grandmother's feelings in every way, and her grandmother was really good to her.

Although she was not well-off financially, her grandmother's love and care made her overlook the material differences.

She wasn't envious of others having good food, good drinks, or beautiful clothes. All she knew was that every time she showed her award certificate to her grandmother, her grandmother's face would light up with a smile.

Wen Shu knew from a very young age that only when she studied hard and got good grades to show her grandmother would her grandmother's smile be genuine.

"It probably wasn't bitter, because I was surrounded by love back then, so I didn't feel bitter." Wen Shu sighed. "On the contrary, now that I'm older, I feel a little sorry for my younger self."

The car was quiet for a moment; Wen Shu didn't speak, and neither did Ma Jun.

The two people, who grew up without their mothers by their side, felt a sense of shared sorrow at this moment.

Ma Jun's car was driving ahead. She glanced at it in the rearview mirror and said to Wen Shu, "There's a car following us."

Just as Wen Shu was about to turn around for a look, Ma Jun said, "It's a Bentley."

Upon hearing this, Wen Shu knew who the person behind was. She said to Ma Jun, "It's Li Duo."

Ma Jun asked, "Should we talk to him? He's been following us all this way."

Wen Shu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Pull over."

The car stopped on the side of the road, and sure enough, the Bentley behind it also stopped.

A short while later, Li Duo got out of the car, walked straight over, and opened Wen Shu's car door: "Wen Shu."

Wen Shu nodded to Ma Jun, got out of the car, and asked, "Will you be traveling with us?"

Li Duo explained, "I saw you at the courthouse entrance, but I didn't have time to go over before you got into her car."

Ma Jun leaned out of the car and called out to Wen Shu, "Wen Shu, I'll contact you later."

Wen Shu waved to Ma Jun, who then drove off.

Wen Shu then asked, "You've been following me all this way, is there something you need?"

Li Duo was momentarily at a loss for words. "I don't know if I have something to say or not, I just wanted to chat with you for a bit."

He turned his head and saw a coffee shop by the roadside. "Do you have time to go in and sit for a while?"

Wen Shu didn't stand on ceremony and followed him into the coffee shop.

After the two were seated, Wen Shu asked, "What do you want to talk to me about? Is it about the court hearing?"

"If so, I can tell you that the result was quite good. Thank you for introducing me to those lawyers. Their preliminary preparations were very complete, and together with the lawyers that Ma Jun introduced to me, they formed a complete legal team."

"The trial was intense, and the lawyers hired by the Li family were very capable. However, the final outcome should be on my side. I am very happy from the bottom of my heart."

"But if the outcome is unfavorable to the Li family, are you really sure it's okay for you to go back to the Li family? Won't the Li family be angry with you because of this?" Wen Shu asked several questions this year.

Li Duo remained silent. Wen Shu glanced at him strangely and saw a smile on his face.

Wen Shu was speechless for a moment, then frowned and asked, "What are you laughing at? Are you really happy for me?"

Li Duo replied, "Yes, I'm happy for you, and I'm happy for myself too."

Wen Shu looked at him, completely bewildered. What did he mean?

What's going on with this ambiguous speech?

Li Duo said, "I was laughing. You were just worried about me."

Wen Shu immediately looked up, her eyes wide, staring at him as if she'd seen a ghost. "When did I ever worry about you? Don't flatter yourself!"